The bill would amend the 1922 drugs act to allow cannabis for medicine and research, and create a Medicines Regulatory Authority able to import, export and trade cannabis wholesale. Growers in the Hhohho region and the Eswatini Cannabis Association opposed it, saying the regulator would be both referee and player. An MP moved that it be withdrawn for more consultation.[1]
Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Eswatini here.
References
Checked. The date and the event were compared with a source that was read.